Lot
275

A REGENCY SATINWOOD AND CALAMANDER DRUM TABLE

ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE OAKLEY, CIRCA 1810

A REGENCY SATINWOOD AND CALAMANDER DRUM TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE OAKLEY, CIRCA 1810
The circular top banded with calamander and inlaid with stars and lozenges, the frieze with four mahogany-lined drawers, one with a leather-lined slide, on a concave-sided triangular pedestal decorated with anthemion, lotus and S-scrolls, and with a beaded plinth on paw feet, one drawer inscribed to the underside in chalk 'Forbes'
28½ in. (73 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

This table corresponds closely to that supplied by Oakley for Papworth Hall in 1810. The latter was invoiced as 'A calamander wood circular loo table upon a pedestal and claws, the top inlaid with a border of stars in brass and ebony £31 10s 0d'.

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